Is the Price Elasticity of Money Demand Always Unity?

Including both monetary gold and nonmonetary gold in a standard money-in-utility model, we establish a presumption that the price elasticity of money demand should be less than I under commodity standards. Applying cointegration methods to data of the world, the United Kingdom, and the United States...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 587 - 593
Autores principales: Evans, Paul, Wang, Xiaojun
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell October 2008
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Sumario:Including both monetary gold and nonmonetary gold in a standard money-in-utility model, we establish a presumption that the price elasticity of money demand should be less than I under commodity standards. Applying cointegration methods to data of the world, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we find support for the new theory. (JEL E41, E42) Reprinted by permission of the publisher.